📜 IMS: Indian Mythological Series - Episode 1
In the dense darkness, two young people—Somu and Roja—are walking towards an unknown destination. All around them is pitch darkness, and there is no sound except for the occasional gust of wind. In Somu's hand is a small, worn-out book. On its cover, the name "Rudra" and the symbol of 26 sparkling diamonds around it are clearly visible. As he flips the first page of the book, it reads: "Rudra Manis (Gems of Rudra): The power of Hanuman is one reason for their creation. A whole world was born from those Rudra Manis."
Somu looks at the book, turns to Roja, and asks doubtfully, "Roja, do you think what they're saying is true? Do such diamonds really exist? Did this truly originate from the power of Hanuman, as this book suggests? And where exactly are we going now?"
Roja looks at him and says, "I don't know either. They sent us at night, without even giving us a car. Our superiors told us to go looking for a person named 'Rudra'. They said he was the last person to have seen those gems, and that he established a company called 'Brix' during his intermediate years and stayed here. We need to find out what happened to him." They both work as ancient artifact finders. They had previously received orders to find the 26 powerful, ancient diamonds.
As they were talking and walking...
Suddenly! A person with red eyes and a blazing gaze leaped from above. His furious voice echoed throughout the area. "How many times do I have to tell you to forget about it? Don't you have any sense? It is mine, it belongs only to me! No one can reach them!" he yelled. With a sudden flourish of the sword in his hand, he sliced Roja and Somu into pieces in moments. He stood there, as if bathed in a pool of blood.
Afterwards, the red-eyed person flew away and entered his oddly-shaped spaceship. It looked horrific, with buffalo horns and the shape of a fish at the back. As he left, the Rudra Mani book, which had been in Somu's hand until now, lay glistening in gold in the pool of blood.
The wind flipped a page of the book. Pictures began to appear. Hanuman, after burning Lanka, plunges into the ocean to extinguish the fire clinging to his tail. At that moment, the hairs from his tail fall into the ocean. The cold water causes them to freeze. The fallen hairs, in some places, turn into pillars, rising from beneath the Rudra Manis, creating a city in the middle of the ocean. Just as the book revealed this much to the audience...
On the other side, somewhere, a man is sitting in a staff room. A feather-like locket—sorry, a hair-like locket—swings back and forth on his neck. Suddenly, his eyes open. "It has started again," he thought, smiling slowly. With a single jump from his legs, he tore the roof above in two and instantly soared up. He reached the spot where Roja and Somu had died.
Looking at the book lying in the pool of blood, he thought, "It's starting again now. He has come!" Slowly, he took the book into his hand, and as he brought it close to the locket on his neck, the book vanished into the locket.
The boy returned to his place in two or three jumps and sat down. "I didn't expect this to happen," he thought, contemplating something.
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A girl slowly walked in from the side. She looked at his feet and began to inquire. "What happened again? Where did you go now? Why is there blood on your feet?" The boy looked at her sadly and said, "What is it, Akshara... some danger is about to happen. I don't want to lose anyone again. The people I considered my own are already far from me. I can't leave those I consider my own, can I..." he said, overcome with emotion. "Because of your father's sacrifice, I am here now. At least I have to protect you and our baby growing inside your womb," he continued, feeling distressed. "The reason all this is happening is this locket, which my grandfather gave me when I was a child. The moment I put it on, all my intelligence went haywire. I have no beauty, no wealth, I live far from everyone. I suffered many hardships trying to start my own career. In the end, facing this..." He stopped without completing his sentence.
As Akshara sat there, pregnant, Rudra continued to speak with anguish. "Going to my world, fighting a war there, returning to Earth, another war... My life is spent in wars. I have no rest."
Akshara affectionately patted Rudra's shoulder and said, "Rudra, if you become like this, who will stand strong tomorrow? It was because you were suffering that my father had to do what he did. Don't lose your courage now. Be strong," she encouraged him.
That night, Rudra and Akshara ate and went to sleep. The locket on Rudra's neck moved back and forth, spinning in circles, taking the audience into a small imagination.
Two people are walking in a forest, searching for something. One is a young boy, and the other is his father. Suddenly, a large beam of light descends from the sky. "Father! Be careful!" the little boy shouted loudly. But a spear-like object had already quickly pierced his father.
In his last moments of life, the father looked at the boy and, in a weak voice, said, "Look, my son... never forget what I told you... Rudra... Rudra Manis..." and closed his eyes.
This person is none other than the demon with the red eyes who killed Roja and Somu. This is an incident from his childhood. The scene cuts again.
The locket takes him to another imagination, Rudra's childhood.
Little Rudra is walking to school. Suddenly, an old man appears before him. "Hey, grandson! You must be as great as your grandfather. May luck always favour you. Here, take this," he said, placing a small locket from his own neck onto Rudra's.
It sparkled like a diamond, and inside, something was moving, appearing like a strand of hair. "What is it, Grandpa?" Rudra asked.
"It's luck! You will reach a great position in the future. Your grandfather couldn't use it, only you can. It feels like I received this only to give it to you," the old man said. "If your father or mother sees it, there will be trouble. I'm leaving," he said, getting on the nearby bus and leaving.
Rudra was confused, "What is this? He came out of nowhere, gave this to me, and left? Where is it from?" As he looked at it, he really liked the locket.
From the next day, Rudra's intelligence was completely gone. He became like a simpleton. He couldn't remember what he read, and what he remembered was useless. He learned subjects like English and Hindi only halfway. He couldn't fully grasp anything. His parents and neighbors mocked him, calling him a "fail, a failure."
For 15 years, he lived in fear, even hesitating to eat, afraid he might lose. Thus, 20 years passed. Finally, he became frustrated. "You all caused me so much pain. But I can't take it anymore. I'm leaving. I'll show you all who I am. I will return in another form. And then, all of you will have to bow before me!" Rudra left with great determination.
The scene cuts, and Rudra wakes up with a start. Rudra immediately opens his eyes. "Why am I remembering my life again?" he thought, slowly getting up and splashing water on his face. As he looked at the rising sun...
Akshara groaned softly from behind, "Rudra... Rudra..." Rudra turned back and said, "What is it?" Akshara immediately said, "Nothing, just calling you," and holding her stomach, she got up and went to the bathroom.
Looking at the sun again, Rudra went back into his backstory. Rudra closes his eyes once.
A person, strong and looking like Hanuman, with a mace in his hand, is looking at the 26 diamonds around him. Each diamond is reaching a different part—legs, hands, head—as if a large machine is stopping some liquid, hitting it hard, and preventing the liquid from falling on the Earth...
He suddenly opens his eyes again, "Why is it coming back? Why am I recalling this? I want to forget this," Rudra thought sadly, wiping his eyes.
Rudra closes his eyes once more. When he opens them now, two boys are sleeping soundly amidst beautiful nature. Suddenly, one of the boys...
After ten minutes, Rudra and Sumit woke up. "Come on, come on, I have to go, I'm getting late," Rudra said, calling Sumit and knocking on the door. "I'll be ready after I freshen up!" Sumit said. Rudra threatened, "Look, I'll lock the door and leave. Then you won't even be able to go to your interview!"
"Okay, okay, Swami, I'm coming!" Sumit said, quickly freshening up, coming out, and playfully shoving Rudra into the room. As Sumit was getting dressed, Rudra also came in and put on a blue civil dress, and his locket was visible on his neck. Looking at it...
While Sumit and Rudra were putting on their blue civil dresses, Sumit saw the locket on Rudra's neck and asked. "What is this? Why don't you ever take it off? Is it that special?"
Rudra held the locket and sighed. "You know it, don't you? My grandfather gave it to me. It's been with me forever. Even though all my troubles are because of this, I can't bring myself to leave it. It must have come into my life for some reason. Whatever happens to every person is building their future—that's my belief. That's why I kept it with me." Rubbing his forehead as if he had a headache, he hurried away from the spot. Sumit also left for his job interview.
The moment they left, the scene changed. Now the Kingdom of Rudra Manis is visible. Everything is in chaos. Pillars are collapsing, and bricks are scattered everywhere. Cities from A to Z—meaning a city 'A', a city 'B'—are visible, all the way to Z. A diamond is glowing above each city.
Suddenly, a large person with a blue body and red eyes came forward. "Look! I will kill all of you right now. Give me the Rudra Manis! Did you listen when I told you I would lead? Now, all of your deaths are in my hands!" he shouted loudly. He unleashed black rays from his hands, creating destruction.
At the same time, a person with a turtle-shell-like shield strapped to his shoulder and a mace in his hand lunged forward. He was fighting, intercepting the black rays with his mace. Looking at someone in the distance, he shouted, "Mother! Go! Father! You too! I will handle it! All of you be careful!"
As he was shouting, a girl in the distance said, "Father! Wait! I'm coming!" The person with the shield suddenly yelled loudly, "Didn't you understand what I said?" and struck the rays with the mace in his hand, instantly colliding with the red-eyed man. The man took two steps back.
"Look, my daughter, listen to what I'm saying!" he said, creating a gold-colored ring from his hand. "Father, send her inside!" he said, referring to the girl. Immediately, an old man next to the girl said, "My dear, go! I'll take care of things! Nothing will happen to your father!" and told her to go inside.
"Why? Why, Bobby? Why are you chasing me away?" the girl asked. "Look, child, understand what your father is saying. I don't know where your father sent you either. But if your father sent you, it means you have to search for Rudra. So, go safely. I'll take care of things!" he said, sending his granddaughter inside and closing the gold-colored ring.
The scene cuts, and the person with the shield focuses on the fight again. No matter how much he attacks, the black rings spin rapidly, severely wounding the person with the shield all around.
Some people quickly arrived, preparing a trident-like spaceship. "Sir! Come on, let's go! The leaders here will take care of things. We'll go and find Rudra. Only he can save us!" they said. As the person with the shield suddenly coughed up blood, the young men took him onto their spaceship and left.
Immediately, the red-eyed man, who was observing all this, laughed loudly, "Running away? How far will you run? Run and let's see!" he said, unleashing black rays from his hand and sending them after the black Special Marcha trident-like spaceship.
The scene returns to the red-eyed man. 26 leaders are standing around, preparing for battle. "What? Are you going to oppose me? All of you... why is the King here missing...!"
One leader bravely said, "Opposing one person is different. Here, 26 people are a group. You... sorry, though you were once a king, you are not now. How will you oppose so many people? How will you withstand the power of the Rudra Manis?" Each leader was fighting, throwing great weapons like tridents, swords, and shields of different colors. But their power was insufficient against the black rays. This is because something that was the leader of the Rudra Manis and the supreme ruler of all was missing—it might be Rudra or the locket on his neck.
After a while, the red-eyed person bound the 26 people, killing them one by one, saying, "Look! Whoever the leaders here are, no matter how great the wars, they cannot stand before me! So, all of you surrender to me!" He killed everyone, telling five people, "Go! Live! Otherwise, you will die by my hand!" and hurled them away somewhere.
The leaders left, but the diamonds that remained there stayed put, protecting the people, forming a shield, and starting to save all 26 cities.
The scene cuts. The trident-like spaceship collides with the black Special Marcha trident, breaking off a piece. It falls somewhere. Now, with a damaged base, the trident-like spaceship travels halfway and then vanishes.
The scene cuts, and Rudra is now seen in front of a large building. "Find me a good job!" he says, praying and stepping forward.
📝 Episode 4: Luck or Confusion?
As Rudra was walking in front of a large building, his phone rang. The voice on the other end was his Team Leader, Rajani.
"Hello sir, there is nothing to see here, it's all about eating!" Rudra joked light-heartedly.
Rajani said irritably, "Sorry, okay, listen, look... Group! Sorry, sorry, sorry, don't look, listen! All three of you work on what I told you. Which is... with the increase in new technology, money is being stolen very easily. How? They are experimenting with stealing money not just with your fingerprint, but even by looking at your shadow. Now, what's new is... somewhere, someone has started hacking PhonePe or Google Pay scanners, things like that. Wherever money is transferred, it eventually goes somewhere else. To track such things, we have become a Cyber Team. Now, you all work on this. No cases have come up before. We've been told to do a deep investigation into this. Elections are starting now. If money transactions happen anywhere, especially when the money of big shots is lost, they will come after us. So, be careful," he warned.
"Okay, it's time for me, I'll miss my flight. All of you investigate what I told you," Rajani said, and cut the call.
Everyone held their heads, and some of them there said in despair, "What? How can we do it without our master? Will it work in our town?" Rudra, however, thought, "Maybe I feel very happy!"
From this, we understand how Rudra struggled to join the Cyber Crime Investigation Team. Rajani is the Officer Team Leader. Now, Rajani has gone somewhere on a similar matter. Rudra, understanding all this, hoping his luck might turn now, wandered around, wondering if anything would happen, when there...
An old man, Yogayya, came up to the contractor Somaraju. "Sir," he began. "Sir, my name is Yogayya. My daughter's wedding is in two or three days. I need some money for it. If you want, I'll return your money in another 10-20 days. Please, sir, give it."
Somaraju, a contractor who made a good living by lending money at interest, said, "It's not a problem to give it to you, but for me..." He stopped and asked, "Nothing. You could give something like a house plot or gold, couldn't you?"
